Dan Sheridan

Known for Acting

9/3/1916

Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland

Biography

An actor on the big and small screen, Sheridan is probably best known for his roles in early westerns, with his best known work being Lawman on ABC.

Known For (25 credits)

7.4

Movie

Lonely are the Brave

1962

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

6.9

Movie

The Great Impostor

1960

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.

5.9

Movie

Ten Who Dared

1960

The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands internal dissension, and finally discovers the Grand Canyon.

6.8

Movie

Home from the Hill

1960

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

6.8

Movie

Day of the Outlaw

1959

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.

6.0

Movie

King of the Wild Stallions

1959

A wild stallion provides unexpected help to a widow and her young son in their efforts to keep their ranch.

5.0

Movie

The Young Captives

1959

Two high-school teenagers on their way to Mexico to get married cross paths with a homicidal fugitive.

6.9

Movie

I Want to Live!

1958

Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.

5.6

Lawman

1958

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several western series on the air at the time, having launched Cheyenne with Clint Walker as early as 1955. The studio continued the trend in 1957 with the additions of Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. One year later, Warner Bros. added Lawman and Bronco with Ty Hardin. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell and Brown and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another western." At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan.

4.4

Movie

Bullwhip

1958

In order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.

6.1

Movie

The Left Handed Gun

1958

When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.

5.6

Movie

Hell's Five Hours

1958

The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow) threatening to blow himself up.